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Airport workers step up strikes

HOLIDAYMAKERS are facing travel disruption this weekend after airport staff announced a strike in a row over increased workloads and pay.

Stoppages at Gatwick and Heathrow look set to go ahead after talks aimed at breaking the deadlock failed.

Workers who refuel aircraft for airlines at Heathrow including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Qantas, plan to walk out for 48 hours from tomorrow in an argument over pay. Members of the Transport and General Workers’ Union employed by the ground service provider Servisair at Gatwick will walk out on Saturday and again next Thursday unless a dispute over workloads is resolved.

The TGWU claimed the Gatwick row over heavier workloads for baggage and cargo handlers, loaders and maintenance staff had escalated after a senior union…

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